…livestock competition bills to permanently allow summertime E15 sales that received a Biden waiver just for this summer. Now, Renewable Fuels Association chief Geoff Cooper says it’s up to the…
Several Reasons Pushing Summer Cookout Costs Higher
…these higher prices. Livestock producers in particular are paying higher prices for feed while their own prices are not that much above last year if they are at all,” he…
More Than $4 Billion in ERP Payments Issued to Producers in First Six Weeks
…Agency (FSA) will also be sending pre-filled applications out to approximately 9,000 eligible producers with NAP coverage in mid-July. The second phase of both ERP and Emergency Livestock Relief Program…
Brewer’s Yeast to Cut Methane
…typically discarded once it’s no longer needed. Sometimes, though, the leftover yeast is mixed into livestock feed as a source of protein and vitamins. Now, there may be even more…
Cattle, Water Industry Reps Gives Insights During First WOTUS Roundtable
…at a roundtable organized by the Kansas Livestock Association. “Very important to our members are clarity with jurisdictional rules. We supported the navigable waters protection rule in particular because they gave some…
West Nile Virus Still a Threat to Horses Despite Drought
…two is hanging high-powered livestock fans. Third, get rid of as much standing water as possible and clean the horses’ water sources once a week. The last is to minimize…
Week in Review: Future of Imidacloprid Use & Billion-Pound Pistachio Crop Potential
…reports are coming in from growers across the state. Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revise includes additional incentive funding in the state budget to help address livestock methane emissions. President of…
USDA Works to Improve Market Conditions for Poultry Farmers
…and tournaments. The announcement of the proposed rule is the first in a suite of actions the Biden Administration is undertaking to improve market fairness for poultry, livestock, and hog…
May Revise Adds Support for Methane Emission Reduction Incentives
Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision of California’s budget includes additional incentive funding to help address livestock methane emissions. CEO of Western United Dairies, Anja Raudabaugh said the funding will help…
Mixed Reactions to Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act
…the legislation as being redundant and costly. “We are disappointed in the Committee’s vote to approve this bill despite opposition from the Meat Institute and the nation’s largest livestock producer…
Combating African Swine Fever
…this out of our nation. It would have a significant impact on U.S. livestock producers, their communities, and the economy if it were found here, because if there is an…
Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling
…decrease among livestock as well, a 21% reduction in pork, 26% in milk, and 11% reduction of emissions per unit of beef production. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux told AgNet Media’s Randall Weiseman that the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) was developed as…
A-PLUS Act to Further Increase Meat Processing Capacity
The introduction of the A-PLUS Act is being largely supported by various industry organizations. The bipartisan Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act, known simply as the A-PLUS…